Cafe Sevilla
Cafe Sevilla mixes live Spanish music, tapas and a casual dining room in the heart of San Diego. This restaurant starts its dinner menu with cold tapas and imported cheese plates from the appetizer section. Diners enjoy tapas filled with ceviche, tuna tartare, lamb chops and other ingredients. The dinner menu features richer entrees such as Basque rabbit and pasta Mallorca for guests hungry from tours of San Diego. The bar at Cafe Sevilla offers discounted tapas, mojitos and martinis each weekday from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Cafe Sevilla
555 4th Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 233-5979
cafesevilla.com/locs/sanDiego/index.html
Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar
Diners at Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar enjoy nightly musical acts and casual dining seven days a week. The dinner menu kicks off with firecracker shrimp, Mediterranean hummus and other starters. Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar serves Alaskan black cod and sesame seared sashimi ahi to seafood lovers. The main courses list also boasts meaty entrees like grilled duck breast and braised short ribs. The restaurant's weekend breakfast menu ranges from breakfast quesadillas to smoked salmon and scallop scrambles to accommodate different tastes.
Croce's Restaurant & Jazz Bar
802 5th Ave.
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 233-4355
croces.com/croces.shtml
The Harbor House
The Harbor House serves fresh oysters, appetizers and entrees in two dining rooms seven days a week. The Oyster Bar & Pub focuses on light lunches with warm brie, BBQ shrimp and oyster samplers available midday. The restaurant's Main Dining Room starts its dinner menu with lump crab cake and stuffed mushrooms to please hungry guests. Diners in the Main Dining Room choose from main courses like Hawaiian fried shrimp and prime rib sandwiches. The bar at the Harbor House creates special cocktails like strawberry margaritas and pear martinis that are available throughout the day.
The Harbor House
831 W. Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 232-1141
harborhousesd.com
Bertrand at Mister A's
Diners enjoy appetizers like Dungeness crab salads and entrees like Kobe beef burgers from the weekday lunch menu at Bertrand at Mister A's. The nightly dinner menu at Bertrand at Mister A's begins with sauteed escargot, frog legs and Chesapeake Bay oysters. This San Diego restaurant accommodates varying tastes with Mediterranean paella, California racks of lamb and pan-roasted sole. The kitchen prepares desserts like apple tarts and pumpkin brioche bread pudding to end dinner service with sour and sweet flavors.
Bertrand at Mister A's
2550 5th Ave., 12th Floor
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 239-1377
bertrandatmisteras.com
About The Author
Nicholas Katers has been a freelance writer since 2006. He teaches American history at Carroll University in Waukesha, Wis. His past works include articles for "CCN Magazine," "The History Teacher" and "The Internationalist" magazine. Katers holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in American history from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, respectively.
